EXCELSIOR FUNDS, 497J, 1996-01-04

EXCELSIOR FUNDS
497J, 1996-01-04

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Excelsior Funds
6 St. James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 423-0800


January 4, 1995


VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549


Re:  Excelsior  Funds (File no.  33-71306)  (the  "Registrant");  Prospectus and
     Statement of  Additional  Information  dated  January 2, 1996 for Excelsior
     Institutional Money Fund (the "Fund"), a series of shares of the Registrant

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Rule  497(j)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  the
Registrant  hereby  certifies  that the  form of the  captioned  prospectus  and
statement of additional information that would have been filed by the Registrant
on  behalf  of the  Fund  pursuant  to Rule  497(c)  upon the  effectiveness  of
post-effective  amendment no. 4 to the  Registrant's  registration  statement on
Form N-1A (File no.  33-71306)  (the  "Amendment")  would not have differed from
that  contained  in the  Amendment,  which is the most recent  amendment to such
registration statement and was filed electronically on December 21, 1995.

Please  direct any  comments or questions  concerning  this  certificate  to the
undersigned at (617) 423-0800.

Very Truly Yours,


EXCELSIOR FUNDS

By:  /s/ Andres E. Saldana
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     Andres E. Saldana
     Assistant Secretary